- First Name(s):WilliamEdwin
- Surname:NEAL
- Service Number:26124
- Rank:
Private
- Conflict:WW1
- Service:Army
- Army Sector:Infantry
- Regiment:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
- Former Units:None
- Date of Death:20th November 1918
- Age At Death:27
- Place of Death:Unknown
- Place of Burial:Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France, Grave XI. C. 28.
- Place of Birth:Unknown
- Home Town:Unknown
- Casualty's Relatives:
Son of Joseph and Sarah Ann Neal, of Stourport, Worcestershire; husband of Esther Annie Neal, 1 Stour Lane, Stourport, Worcestershire
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William Edwin Neal, Private, 26124, 2nd Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, 1 Stour Lane, appears on the Absent Voters List for Stourport 1918.
William Neal was the son of Joseph and Sarah Ann Neal of Stour Lane, Stourport and the husband of Esther Annie Neal (nee Bowen), 1 Stour Lane, Stourport. He was an active Christian worker, Sunday School teacher and Band of Hope officer at the Congregational Church. He enlisted three years ago and went overseas with the Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry. Married in 1916. Died of influenza and bronchitis at No. 83 General Hospital, Boulogne. He is one of three sons lost, two are buried in France.
Source for additional information: Kidderminster Shuttle 30th November 1918, Kidderminster Times 30th November 1918, Kidderminster Shuttle 7th December 1918.
An obituary for William E. Neal appears in the Stourport Parish Magazine for December 1918
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